YoBit Inflates PutinCoin in Blatant Pump and Dump Promotion
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YoBit Inflates PutinCoin in Blatant Pump and Dump Promotion

THELOGICALINDIAN - As stigmas associated with cryptocurrency advance blow YoBit absitively to go rogue and barrage a rather different business advance involving PutinCoin

Pump It Up!

On October 11th, YoBit absitively to debut a arguable pump advance in an attack to win over investors. While abounding anticipation it was a joke, the barter absolutely had the acrimony to cull it off.

Today, at accidental (though the barter appears to be registered in Russia), PutinCoin (PUT) went ballistic as YoBit purchased 1 BTC [coin_price] account of PUT every minute for ten after minutes. The aftereffect was a lightning-quick ascent in amount as PUT bread attempt up 1,400%. PUT amount acicular from 118 satoshis to 1,768 satoshis at speeds not apparent back the 2017 balderdash run and the pump produced trading aggregate abreast 130 BTC in aloof 40 minutes.

What Goes Up Must Come Down

As one would apprehend in the apple of crypto, a Newtonian law applies to such phenomena — afterwards the pump, charge appear the dump. As anon as YoBit chock-full purchasing PUT the amount crashed.

Unsurprisingly, YoBit managed to cull off $28 million in aggregate over the accomplished 24-hours. This is not the aboriginal time the barter has been at the centermost of a pump and dump controversy. Last November an investigation into pump and dump Telegram groups articular YoBit as traders’ admired abode for active the schemes. When approached about the adventure YoBit accept not to respond.

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